Sudha Devi IAS

Ms. Sudha devi is an  IAS officer and Managing director of Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies, Started as an Additional Commissioner, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh.

1. M.Sudha Devi, IAS Every woman fights her own unique battles each day but it's important for women to remember to not give up, believe in themselves and success will eventually find a way.

2. Life Married at an early age, Sudha (looking up) had to give up her studies. When the marriage broke up after four years, she finished her BA from Coimbatore, and prepared for the civil services, which she cleared at the first attempt, after joining a coaching institute in Delhi. The daughter of a farmer, she grew up in the tehsil town of Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu. Her humble background makes her better able to understand and relate to people’s problems Always her father is her inspiration at every hurdles of her life. 2

3. Work She is an  IAS officer and Managing director of Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Started as an Additional Commissioner, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh 1 Now she is a IAS officer and Managing director of Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies 2 3

4. A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman. The impact can be seen in the individual stories of young men and women who are among the first to represent their communities in the bureaucracy. For example Sudha Devi, a young additional commissioner in the Himachal cadre, is the first woman from her community in Tamil Nadu to make it to the IAS. Says Sudha, My getting in has been an eye-opener for this area and my community so many others are preparing now. Every time I go home, girls come to me for counselling. 4